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What is “Collaborative Law?” |
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Collaborative law is a new approach to
resolving domestic relations cases in a non-confrontational manner without
court intervention. It involves a series of meetings in which the parties and
their attorneys work through the issues of the parties’ separation by
exploring options that will benefit both parties and their children. These
meetings seek to promote communication between the parties and assist the
parties in resolving the issues of their separation without accusation or
acrimony. The collaborative law process requires a full, free and open
disclosure by all parties. Collaborative law is practiced by
lawyers who are specially trained and who devote their energies to
accomplishing settlement of the issues without threatening litigation and in
a way that affirms, rather than destroys the parties’ mutual goals. The lawyers are dedicated to
settling the case and to avoid any court involvement. If the parties are
unable to resolve the issues within the collaborative law framework, the
lawyers are required to withdraw from representation and cannot assist the
parties in litigation. By binding themselves to this principle, collaborative
lawyers seek to achieve a “win-win” result. For attorney members
of the Eastern For attorney Members
of the Central Kansas Collaboriative Law Group go
to: Central Kansas Collaborative Law For attorney members
of the Western For information on
the collaborative law in |
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NELSON & BOOTH is a law firm engaged exclusively in a family
law practice emphasizing complex domestic relations actions, including
divorce and determination of parentage, property division, child custody,
parenting time, spousal and child support and representation of parents in
cases of international child abduction. The attorneys at NELSON & BOOTH are licensed to practice
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E-mail: Ronald W. Nelson or Joseph W. Booth nelson & booth attorneys at law |
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